How female comics took over the Fringe

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At this year’s Edinburgh Fringe there are almost as many jokes about feminism
as there are about cats on the internet. Which is to say, lots of them.
Bridget Christie, fresh from winning the Fosters Edinburgh Comedy Award
(formerly the Perrier) last year, is back with an hour that tackles female
circumcision and the ridiculous sexualisation present even in yoghurt
adverts. Sara Pascoe’s tour of women in history includes a delightfully
sharp debunking of Page 3. Luisa Omielan is packing out a ballroom each
night with Am I Right Ladies?!, a raucous celebration in which she
sticks her fingers up